1. Poetry in general
A. Watch this video http://vimeo.com/27612305
Question to answer: What do the video and poetry have in common? Why would the creator of the video call it poetry?
B. Watch this video: http://vimeo.com/57370112
Questions to answer: How did the video/images/music ADD to or enhance the poem?
What was the tone or mood of the poem?
Question to answer: What do the video and poetry have in common? Why would the creator of the video call it poetry?
B. Watch this video: http://vimeo.com/57370112
Questions to answer: How did the video/images/music ADD to or enhance the poem?
What was the tone or mood of the poem?
2. Poetry Writing Techniques
A. Watch this video about Alliteration: http://vimeo.com/13483880
Question to answer: Why do writers use alliteration?
B. Play this Game as a review of some of the poetry techniques we learned earlier: Game
Question to answer: Why do writers use alliteration?
B. Play this Game as a review of some of the poetry techniques we learned earlier: Game
3. Spoken Word/Slam Poetry (this is mrs. Willbanks' favorite)
Choose to watch a spoken word poem that sounds interesting to you. Write what you like or don't like about this type of poetry.
A. A poem for the intelligent (college girl speaker, live performance, some mature language, motivational theme)
B. Fifty-Nine (British college guy, live performance, world poetry champion, love & math theme)
-1st poem goes until 4:00 minutes
-4:00-5:30 he EXPLAINS what POETRY SLAMS are
-more poems after that....
-Love the 59 poem? Check out the video w/actors being 59 & 61 (super cute)
C. To This Day (artistic video w/adult male speaker, bullying theme)
D. The Greatest Artist of All Time (college guy, produced video, Christian theme)
E. Can We Auto-Correct Humanity? (adult male, produced video, technology theme)
F. What's Your Story? (guy from twenty one pilots about cyber bullying)
A. A poem for the intelligent (college girl speaker, live performance, some mature language, motivational theme)
B. Fifty-Nine (British college guy, live performance, world poetry champion, love & math theme)
-1st poem goes until 4:00 minutes
-4:00-5:30 he EXPLAINS what POETRY SLAMS are
-more poems after that....
-Love the 59 poem? Check out the video w/actors being 59 & 61 (super cute)
C. To This Day (artistic video w/adult male speaker, bullying theme)
D. The Greatest Artist of All Time (college guy, produced video, Christian theme)
E. Can We Auto-Correct Humanity? (adult male, produced video, technology theme)
F. What's Your Story? (guy from twenty one pilots about cyber bullying)